Finance

Every summer as the days get longer and the temperature creeps up, we all look forward to evening ice cream runs, dips in the pool, lounging outside with friends, and on some days … beating the heat by staying inside to watch whatever is new on netflix. Whether you’re watching…

If you are planning the trip of a lifetime for the 2019 holiday season, you might be on the market for getting a little extra financial assistance to put your plans into motion. The field of travel finance is a bustling industry and – for the savvy consumer – can…

Significant life events are often big money. It might mean big money coming in. It might mean big money going out. But, regardless of the direction, you need to have a money management scheme in place so that you feel in control and organized before, during, and after the event.…

While you might like to hope that you’ll always have enough money coming in each month to cover all of your expenses and still have something left over for savings or fun, the truth of the matter is there might come a time when your incomes takes a hit and…

Managing your credit score is tough, let alone improving it! That’s something we know very well. That’s why we began to turn to credit monitoring apps – so we could know exactly how to accomplish our goals when it comes to our credit scores. Through our use of these apps,…

While we might like to think that we can plan our entire lives and always have complete control over our finances, this just simply isn’t the case for most people. At one point or another, there’s going to something unexpected that creeps up on you, forcing you to address it…

When you’re trying to save money, there is a way to do it by breaking down your efforts into component parts. One specific approach would be that you can split up your savings goals into three pieces – and then as you look at these pieces individually, you can find…

If you have a sticky relationship with money, you’ve likely heard all about separating your “wants” from your “needs”. When money is tight and you don’t have enough to go around, the idea of eliminating your “wants” and focusing all of your attention on your “needs” makes total sense. But…

Getting a big fat tax refund is a lot of people’s idea of hitting the lottery!  After all, that’s why you hire a great accountant in the first place, is in hopes of getting your largest refund possible. Undoubtedly you’re excited to be receiving a large amount of cash.  However,…